On August 29, 2002, after a long illness, Carolyn L. Rose passed
away in Washington, D.C. She was 53.

Carolyn had a long and distinguished career in conservation. At
a recent George Washington University (GWU) ceremony where she was
awarded the President's Medal, GWU President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
described her as a "one-woman graduate school," a reference
to the fact that she had taught or impacted the lives of many ethnographic
and archaeological conservators.

Carolyn's career began in 1971, with a degree in art history
from Sweet Briar College, and continued at George Washington University,
where she earned her master's degree in 1976. Her involvement
with GWU continued through its Museum Studies Program, which she
established in association with the Smithsonian Institution's
National Museum of Natural History, where she became senior research
conservator in 1990 and chairman of the Anthropology Department
in 2000. She received Exceptional Service Awards from the museum
from 1996 to 1998.

The GCI benefited from Carolyn's expertise through her participation
in various Institute advisory, planning, and training committees;
through
her contributions to Conservation; and through her support of
Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts, as both an adviser and
a volunteer abstractor.

In keeping with her commitment to the profession, Carolyn was active
in numerous organizations and committees. She served as chair of
the National Institute for Conservation (now Heritage Preservation)
from 1985 to 1989 and as chair of the Membership and Objects Specialty
Groups of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and
Artistic Works (AIC). In 1997, AIC awarded Carolyn the University
Products Award for distinguished achievement in the field of conservation.
Carolyn was also president of the Society for the Preservation of
Natural History Collections (SPNHC) from 1994 to 1995, and in 2001,
she was awarded the SPNHC President's Award for distinguished
service.

In addition to teaching, overseeing interns, organizing workshops
and conferences, and reviewing grants, Carolyn also contributed
to numerous books, conference proceedings, and journals.